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Snow makes UK grind to a halt

The recent snow chaos, with motorists stuck in their cars for 20 hours, might have been tailor-made to showcase the Great British Stereotype. Namely:

British infrastructure, creaky at the best of times, inevitably buckles under the strain of totally unexpected events — such as a snow storm that was clearly indicated on all of the TV and Radio weather forecasts.

Despite the fact most conversations between British people are principally to do with the weather in some way, we have a fundamental inability to cope with any meteorological conditions more extreme than a light drizzle.

âPlucky' Brits stuck for 20 hours in their freezing cars on the M11 will always display a âBlitz spirit', making jokes and cups of tea for one another and singing "Roll Out The Barrel". Or so we are told. My arse.